Hydrant.



Patente@ Sept. 14, 1909.

' J. D. MARTIN.

HYDRANT.

APPLwATIoN Hmm JAN, 2s, 1909.

JAMES D. MARTIN,

OF OSKALOOSA, IOWA, ASSIGNOR F ONE-HA ERTSON, OF OSK'ALOOSA, IOWA.

HYDRANT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 14, 1909.

Application filed January 26, 1909. Serial No. 474,238.

To all whom it may concern:

Be 1t known that I, J AMES D. MARTIN, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Oskaloosa, in the county of Mahaska and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Hydrant, of which the following is a speciication.

My invention relates to hydrants or analogous structures, and particularly to a strucily detached from the stand-pipe and carry-- ing with it when so detached, a valve, thus permitting theeasy renewal or repair of the valve.

A further object is to provide the valve with a handle which in one position locks the valve to its seat, thus preventing accidental displacement, and to provide a peculiar form of valve which shall engage with the seat but not flatten out under pressure and therefore become deformec.

I further provide means whereby when the valve is closed against its scatto stop the flow of water through the lower portion of the stand-pipe, an outlet opening is left "Z unobstructed above the valve, permitting any drant to flow out therefrom and thus preventing the freezing of the hydrant.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a hydrant constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal diametrical section of Fig.`1; Fig. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal section of the valve; and Fig. 4 is a transverse section of Fig. 3

` on the line 4 4.

l other source of water supply.

seat as clearly shown in Fig.

In the drawings,

threaded into a cap will act to force water in the upper portion of the hy- This,

relatively great depth and being a section of a hemisphere.

At its upper end the pipe 3 is screwor head 7, which is formed at its upper end with a stuiing box, 8, of any usual. or desired construction. Ex-

tending out from the cap 7 is the nozzle 9,

which is preferably formed in one piece with an upwardly extending bracket, 10, carrying at its upper end the outwardly projecting ears 11 for the pivotal support of the handle 15 as will be later described. Passing through the stuffing box 8 is the valve rod 12, which, at its upper end, is connected to a yclevis 13, formed to have pivotal engagement with the bifurcated end of a link, 14.

The upper end of this link is also bifurcated to engage with a projecting portion, 16, of a handle, 15. The inner end of the handle 15 is reversely curved as at 16 and is pivoted at its end to the ears 11 by the pivot bolt 1S. A pivot bolt 17 passes through the` handle and through the bifurcated end of the link 14. The inner end of the handle, as before stated, is curved inwardly at 16 so that when the shown in Fig. 1, the pivotal axis 17 of the link isthrown inward beyond the axialline of the valve rod 12. It will thus be seen that any upward pressure on the valve rod 12 the handle 15 inward and hold it more securely in the position shown in Fig. 1, and that in order dle 15 outward and the valve upward, the valve rod 12 must first be depressed slightly. therefore, constitutes a locking means whereby the valve is held to its seat against any accidental displacement of the handle arm 15. In other words, there is a toggle joint connection between the handle 15 and the valve rod, and the members of the toggle joint are forced beyond the axial center of the rod, thus holding them in place.

The lower end of the valve rod 12 is screwthreaded as shown in Fig. 3 and engages with the opposed valve cages, 19 and 20, which support between them the leather packing ring, 21, having the upwardlyturned margin, 22, which contacts against the inside face ofthe pipe 3, and acts as a packing for the valve. This packing ring, is, of course, annular so as to leave a central opening through which water may pass from handle is in the positionV to move the han-VA LF TO SAMUEL M. ROB- f handle isarrested yby marbre taken out the lower cage into the upper cage and so out into the upper portion ,of the pipe 3 above the valve". TheV lower end of the Acage v 20 is formed with a concaved seat adapted'to 'bear against and support a ball,'23`, pref-k erably made of rubber, or other like material, and adapted to seat snugly against the seat, G. The rod 12- passes entirely through course, by screwing up the nut, 24, the ball, 23, Ais held firmly engaged with the rod l2 -I l and with the cage 20.V Asv before noted the valve seat 6 is relatively deep and engages over a large portieri Of ,its area with the ball 23. This is for the purpose of preventing the ball from flattening out when the valve is forced down, the sides of the ball being held by the inner surface f the seat so that the ball cannot flatten and therefore become deformed, f c

g A11 outletepenng, 275 is formed at the lower end of the pipe 3 `just above the reducer 4, and so located that when the valve iS raised 110 the l to permit water ,to- How through the hydrant, that Athe packing 22 will close the opening 2f?, vwhile, when the valveis on its seat and the hydrant closed, the perforation 27 will be unobstructed to permit water contained in the hydrant above the valve to V leak `out. Thuscthere is at no time any water in the upper portion ofthe hydrant when the valve is'V on r,its seat. Y t

The operation of my device is obvious: When the handle l5 is raised the valve will also beraised, thus permitting the passage of Water through the pipes 5,3,- and out i 40 through the nozzle, 9.` isV depressed to `its full 23 'b' i-Ow When 'the' handle extent, the ball, ears upon the seat, ,6, closing the through the stand-pipe 3, and in this Y 4,5 position the valve is locked by the toggle link, Vlll, being forced inward beyond its axial line. The opening, 27, is then unobstructed to permit the leakage Vout of water from drant. l,

The upward movement of .the handle 1,5 is limited by ya stop jlle, Fig. 2, and is so arranged that it will arrest the movement of the handle when the valve isopposi-te the port 27 vso-as to thereby close ,the latter, rand the downward or locking movement of the the free end of the latter striking the cap, as shown vin Fig. l, so that the pressure of the water in the service pipe 5 actingon the valve will not move it open, since thevaflve cannot move vas long as the handle bears l.against the cap 'Z'.

The advantages of my invention reside particularly in the ease with which the valve from the stand-pipe for repair or renewal. The cap, 7, maybe easily the deformation of the ball position shown in- Fig. 2

lthe upper portion -ofthe hyuneerewed Witheet the ileeeeety ef taking er the eternel-pipe, iter ie. alla ether way manipulating those portions of the hydrant which are beneath the The valve construe` tion is also extremely simple and the packing may be easily renewed. The deep valve seat` in connection with the ball, V23, prevents and .consequent leakage past the valve.

Having thus described my invention, what c aim as new and desire'to Secure byvLet ters-Patent, is:

.1- 111 a hydrant, e Stand-Pipe having a drain pere, av nezzlefearryes een et the upper endet the Stand-pipe, a braeketon the cap, a valve'in the pipe, a seat with which the valve engages for closing the yflow 0f' Water through theY pire, and a handle mounted on the bracket and operatively consreulld- When theVK cap 'l' is detached, it maybe taken off`,bring 'ing the valve with it.

under pressure nected with the. alveo and means with which f the handle engages for holding the valve locked to its seat or forholding the valve In a position to close the drain port. Y 2.111 a hydrant, the combination of stand-pipe, a seat at the lower end therebf, a nozzle-,carrying ycap at the upper end .o f

ing a drain portv at ja pointV above the said seat, a stem connected with the valve and mesas through cap, a handle mounted on operatively connected with the bracket andv the stern, and, a

eter ee the bre-@het for limiting ,the `upwaai movement of thehhandle forgarresting the valvewhen the same' is in a position ,to close the drain port, 'thefffree eed of the handle Vthe pipe, a valve in the pipe, said pipe hay Y the Cep, e bracket .cli-the bengerreesed te, engage the' ear .te Ple-L vent opening of thejvalve by v,the water pressure act position. Y Y. Y y

V3. In a hydrant, a stand-piperajsingle piece structure at the. upper end thereof formingy a cap, a nozzle and a bracket; a handle pivoteddirectly ,onthefbracket and limited in its bracket in its downward movement by the een; 1a valve in the Pipe; eiste-m for the valve passing threes-h the ear; and a" link pivotally connected stem and directly withthe handle.

4:- 111 e hydrant, .the combination of ,a

.ing en the latter wbenvinrclosed lstand-pipe," valve casing at thejlower end thereof and providedwith a seat, a valve stem lextending.longitudinally O-the pipe and havingv a fthrea'cledV lower extremitva ball arranged 0.11 the threaded end, opposed eases threaded en the stern and with-eee 0.15v

which the ball engages, a ,cylindrical pack,-

llg :having an internal :flange diseased hef tween ,the cages,

means ferifasten o ballon the Stem, there .being a ner-t a the Stand-pine adapted te be elesied bv the peek-l ing, and operating means Carried by the directly 'with the' upward movement by the stand-pipe and connected with the stem for holding the ball in engagement with the said seat when the stem is depressed and for holding the packing closing the drain port when the stem is raised.

5. In a hydrant, the combination of a stand-pipe having a drain opening, a cap on the upper end thereof, a nozzle carried by the cap, a bracket rising from the nozzle, a valve stem passing through the cap, a handle connected with the bracket, means on the bracket for limiting the upward movement of the handle, a link pivotally connected with the handle and with thepstem to form a toggle joint, the pivotal connection between the link and handle being disposed at one side of the center line passing through the stem when the handle is depressed, the free end of the handle being adapted to engage the cap for forming a stop, a valve casing secured to the lower end of the stand-pipe and provided with a seat, and a valve on the stem adapted to engage the seat when the handle is depressed and arranged to close the drain opening when the handle is raised to its extreme upper position.

G. In a hydrant, the combination of a stand-pipe having a drain opening, a valve casing secured to the lower end thereof and provided with a valve seat, a compressible ball forming a valve arranged to engage the seat, said ball having a'diametrically-disposed passage, va valve stem extending through the passage, opposed cages fastened on the stem and with one of which the ball engages, means cooperating with the cages for holding the ball in place, a cylindrical packing having an internal flange clamped between the cages, the cylindrical portion of the packing extending around one of the cages and arranged to close the drain opening when the stem is raised, and operating means connected with the stem for moving the ball into and out of engagement with the seat and covering and uncovering the drain opening by the packing.

7 The combination of ak threaded valve stem, oppositely disposed cages threaded on the stem, a cylindrical packing extending around one of the cages and having an internal flange clampedbetween the cages, a concave seat on one of the cages, a compressible ball on the threaded stem, and a device threaded on the stem for holding the ball engaged with the said seat.

8. In a hydrant, a stand-pipe having a drain opening, a nozzle, a cap, a bracket, a valve inthe pipe, a seat with which the valve engages for closing the flow through the pipe, a stein connected with the valve and passing through the cap, a handle mounted on the bracket and operatively connected with the stem, and a stop on the bracket for limiting the upward movement of the handle for arresting the valve when the same is in a position to close the drain opening, the free end of the handle being arranged to engage the cap to prevent opening of the valve by the water pressure acting on the latter when in closed position.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES D. MARTIN.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL M. ROBERTSON, JAMES F. Moo'rHAR'r. 

